Sunday, January 13, 2013

I'm not sure where you're reading this from, but for the sake of this post I'll assume it's freezing outside, and you're craving a huge bowl of steaming, hot soup. Sweaters are great, but when you need to get warm from the inside out, there is really only one way...well, two actually, but this isn't a cocktails blog, so we're just going with soup. Here are a few of my personal favorite cold weather soups. Click on caption to read the post and watch the video. Bundle up and enjoy!

First thanks for the years of great recipes :) I've used your site for 3 years and have done about 30 of your recipes.

There is one recipe I'm having an issue with and I think it is because of a mistake on the site. The Moussaka Burger, I run into issues with making the rue for the cheese sauce. I think the Olive Oil and Flour portions are off. If you watch the video it looks like there is a lot more floor than what you claim on your site.

I have to spend a good amount of time adjusting the Olive to Flour ratio in order to get the rue right. It is a pain :(

I have several 1 lb bags of lump crab meat in my freezer (a gift from a relative that lives in Washington on the Columbia River that catches, cooks and picks the crabs - I love that guy!) I remembered you had a great crab cake recipe (which I am making tonight) and came to your site to look it up. Totally got sidetracked by these wonderful soup recipes. I make the mushroom soup about once a week in the winter but now I must make the bumblebee soup - sounds totally delicious. Hm, got any good soup recipes with crab?

Thanks Chef John. I've been in a soup making mood (Feel better Asian Chicken soup and French Onion) lately and can't wait to try these. First up will be cream of mushroom, but first that amazing goulash!